Calamity Cat(s)!

What do you get when you combine 2 good friends and a 'non-committal' day with...

a few pieces of this....

with a little of this?

You get 2 adorable Calamity Kitty Cats!!!

(Puddin' is mine on the left and Buttercup, on the right, belongs to Barb!)

It's Finished!!

The fun thing about painting your own pictures is you can make up the stories that go along with it! My water source is a series of lakes that end in a waterfall into the frontal pond. What you don't see is the underground 'spring' system that carries the water to a little river behind the cabin...just in case you're wondering where the water is channeled from the waterfall!!

Something For Primary...

What is it you ask? It's a singing meter! I'm the Primary Chorister for our Ward and it's up to me to have the kids ready for the Sacrament Presentation in the Fall. I saw this pattern in a book. It was printable on paper but I wanted something to last so I made my own pattern pieces and cut it out of some plywood. I have 8 seperate stars with the names of each song they are learning. I have also adhered transparent velcro to the backboard. The stars will move up the meter amongst the '3 degrees of glory' as the children sing, hopefully getting better each time. Of course, their goal is to reach the sun where they will be considered "Celestial Singers". Lets hope it motivates them to learn them all!

I Need An Opinion....

Help me out here....I need to add some foliage in the foreground that will reflect the colors in the sky but what else is this painting lacking besides brightness in the foreground? It looks very dark but that's because of my terrible photography! I'm thinking of a large Evergreen on the right side, (if you're looking at the painting), but am wondering will it 'unbalance' the landscape? I don't want it symmetrical but I don't want it to look 'off' either. I've thought of adding some deer on the left but everyone else is saying no...the pond is the focal. What do you think?

Just one more...

I couldn't resist one more snowman! This little guy, (actually about 15 " tall), is a 'shelf sitter'. He's a little perplexed as someone has placed his mittens in his little stick hands instead of on them. What's the little guy to do?!!

Once there was a snowman...

...tall, tall, tall...well, not quite tall! This one was so much fun to paint! I eliminated much of the details by using a 'rustic' approach. A good basecoat in a burnt umber made it look like it was stained! His scarf fringe is some 'homespun' glued on. We may not get any snow but at least I have the snowman!

Let's Talk Turkey!!

Ain't he purty!!!! Yeah, well, the little 'beauty' took me almost a week to paint! He was worth it! Sure looked pretty on my Thanksgiving table! Maybe next year I can get to the Pilgrims!

My Santa!

After much anticipation, he is finally finished! It took me a few days more than I had expected but that was because the twins were adding to the 'work' experience. The original pattern had him holding an old tin lantern. It was cute but I'm a 'why not more' kind of person and, to me, he looks more like a Santa this way. He will be a wonderful holiday edition to our Christmas decor this year!

Hello Everyone!
This is just a small sample of my work that many of you have asked to see. I hope you enjoy looking at it as much as I enjoy painting it.